Florida Files

School Board, Palm Beach County — District 6

John McGovern

2025 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2026-06-08 · 6 pages (text)

Net worth$2,482,150
Income listed$423,943
Real estate$969,9172 properties
Debts listed$269,750
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Law 90% $382,105 · McGovern Gerardi Law, P.A. (W2 + K1)
  • Real estate 9% $38,340 · Ilese DeSchryver (Rental Income/Tennant)
  • Other / unclassified 1% $3,498 · EVSOS Holdings, LLC (K1)

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 5

Context Unusual reporting

Lists 40 investment accounts ($478,671) instead of what's in them

The instructions say the investments held in a brokerage account or IRA are the assets to report — not the account itself. As listed, the public can't see what the filer is invested in.

What to check
  • Which companies or funds are in these accounts? Holdings matter for conflicts of interest.

Rule: Accounts listed instead of investments
“Note that the product contained in a brokerage account, IRA, or the Florida College Investment Plan, is your asset”2025 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $2,482,150; listed items add up to $2,224,158

Reported net worth: $2,482,150. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $2,224,158. Net worth roughly equals the listed assets before debts — the debts may not have been subtracted.

What to check
  • No action needed unless other items look off.

Rule: Net worth vs. listed items
“Simply subtracting your liabilities from your assets will not result in an accurate net worth figure in most cases.”2025 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Income & business ties

90% of listed income ($382,105) comes from McGovern Gerardi Law, P.A. (W2 + K1)

Listed income totals $423,943 from 3 sources. The largest is classed as law.

What to check
  • Who is this source, and does it have business before the office sought?
  • If the filer owns it, check the business section and secondary income.

Rule: Where the money comes from
“List the name of each source of income that provided you with more than $1,000 of income during”2025 Form 6 instructions, Income ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Income & business ties

Earns from 3 separate employers or businesses

Several distinct earned-income sources (excluding investments, retirement and Social Security).

What to check
  • Are any of these sources connected to each other or to the office sought?

Rule: Several earned-income sources

How this rule works

Context Wealth & holdings

Reports a net worth of $2,482,150 — a millionaire on paper

Net worth is the filer's own figure. Being wealthy isn't a problem; it's context for comparing candidates and for reading the rest of the form.

What to check
  • Compare with the other candidates in the race.
  • Check that the large assets below are described and valued clearly.

Rule: Net worth tier
“Report your net worth as of”2025 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Where to look next

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Their filings

Their campaign

Businesses they disclosed

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $2,478,907 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $269,750 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $423,943 listed

Elected to attach federal tax return instead:

Primary sources

SourceAddressAmount

Secondary sources (major customers of businesses owned)

Interests in specified businesses

Reported as “N/A”.

Signature

Signed by
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Date
Filed with COE

Source

Document
Open PDF · original source
Retrieved
2026-10-07T19:46:14+00:00
SHA-256
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Pages
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Extraction
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